Jairam Ramesh, the party’s chief whip in the Rajya Sabha, said, “There was no enthusiasm or appetite from the government to get the bills passed. Normally the opposition says that the house should be adjourned but this time the government has to move the house.” There was no appetite to run.”
Jairam Ramesh, the party’s chief whip in the Rajya Sabha, said, “There was no enthusiasm or appetite from the government to get the bills passed. Normally the opposition says that the house should be adjourned but this time the government has to move the house.” There was no appetite to run.”
The Congress said on 9 August that the monsoon session of Parliament was “extremely disappointing” and that the government did not have the appetite to conduct proceedings till the scheduled date of 12 August, even though opposition parties were prepared to sit till the very end to debate and pass . bill.
Monsoon session ended on Monday, four days ahead of scheduleAfter continuous disruptions during the last three weeks on issues like price rise, suspension of 27 MPsThe Controversial “President” Comment and the action of the Enforcement Directorate.
Congress said that the government does not have a legislative agenda Although it initially listed 32 bills During the session, it managed to pass in Lok Sabha only seven and five Rajya Sabha,
“It was also extraordinary that the proceedings of one-and-a-half days were obstructed by the Treasury Benches, which were insisting on apologizing to them. Congress President Sonia Gandhi for remarks made by the leader of the party in Lok Sabha Said AICC general secretary, communications and the party’s chief whip in Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh, who had already apologized for his statement, both verbally and in writing.
He said the coming together of opposition parties to demand a review of the Supreme Court order on PMLA is “a big step towards strengthening democracy”, and added that “raising a Congress cadre on people’s issues and the ED of arbitrariness” was a “great”. The benefits of the monsoon session for the party and the anti-ED protest on August 5 also put Home Minister Amit Shah on the ‘backfoot’.
Describing the monsoon session as “extremely disappointing”, he said, “there was no enthusiasm or appetite from the government to get the bills passed. Normally the opposition says that the House should be adjourned but this time the government has to There was no appetite to run the house”.
He said the opposition is ready to discuss and pass the bills on August 10 and 12 but the government is in a hurry to curtail the session. “The reason given is that BJP MPs do not want to return after Raksha Bandhan on August 11,” Jairam said.
He said the government had listed 32 bills at the beginning of the session, but managed to pass only seven in the Lok Sabha and five in the Rajya Sabha. “There was no business on the agenda of the government. Floor management was not good. Earlier the Prime Minister used to ignore the Parliament and now the ministers are also doing the same.
He also referred to the absence of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan when the Central Universities Bill was being introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. “IT and Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnav handled the bill and responded to it,” Jairam said, adding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was seen in the Rajya Sabha for the first time on Monday when he bid farewell to Speaker of the House M. Venkaiah Naidu. spoke during.
Congress deputy leader in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi said the government knew about the holidays in advance, so why didn’t it plan accordingly. Jayaram said that this monsoon session was probably the last session of the existing Parliament House as we have been told that the winter session will be held in the new building.